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Portable post-Black Friday deals take off from Xbox Ally, Nintendo, PlayStation and Evercade

 While there's no sign of a discount on the PlayStation Portal or Xbox Ally, portable gamers can still get in on the Black Friday action. From handheld PC gaming devices to Nintendo, there's plenty on offer.  Update: Valve has jumped in with 20% off the Steam Deck LCD 256GB model (down to £279 in the UK) Update: Xbox Ally has various deals (pretty short-lived, but likely gettting cut again for the post Christmas sale).  Update: PlayStation Portal has £20 off the range, bringing the white and black models down to £179, and 30th Anniversary Edition to £189. (Look out for another 5% off at checkout!)  First up is  Evercade offering a clutch of offers on hardware and games on Amazon and across other stores in Europe and US markets.  Not all deals have kicked in yet, but the official list is:  Up to 30% off all cartridges released before September 2025 20% off all hardware released before September 2025 US and Canada to receive 20% off all lines released...

Breath of Thunder Kickstarting to Vita and retro consoles

Kickstarter is still a vital platform for many indie and ambitious developers, with the likes of Mariachi Legends and Ratatan (Patapon but new!) blowing through their stretch goals recently. But any crowdfunding effort seems to need a quirky USP to get going. 

One way to grab some interest is to announce a game for the many retro consoles out there that still have modest audiences, but put us together and we are a powerful mob. Which is why Breath of Thunder grabs my attention. 

Developed by Australian team Sungrand Studios, the JPRG is getting ready for launch on Kickstarter and will not only come to the PlayStation Vita, PSP, Game Boy and DS, but also the Sega Saturn and Dreamcast and the Atari Jaguar among others! If it hits enough stretch goals - how many versions can I buy?


It is very early days for the project, with a few dinky WIP screens on their Twitter but there's already talk of physical releases, but not for the Vita alas (perhaps some Scooby Doo sneaking into an abandoned Sony factory). 

Check back for when the Kickstarter link goes live and I'm off to badger the developers for some more information about this rather bonkers sounding project with each platform getting a unique version based on its capabilities. 

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